The following men were lost while serving on USS Herring (SS-233).
If you are a relative or a friend of any man lost on this boat,
please contact us. Also, if you are interested in our efforts to establish a permanent memorial for the men of USS Herring on the island of Matsua, near the site of the loss of the vessel, please contact us.

Please note: Reports published in 2016 in Russian media sources of the discovery of USS Herring were incorrect.There have been additional unverified reports of an object assumed to be a submarine found in a survey conducted off Matsua in June, 2017. We will continue to follow any and all information on possible searches for the vessel.

Click
on a man's name to go to his personal memorial page on this
site.
Photographs and personal information are needed as indicated in
the column at right.

Note: Research clearly shows that Herring
crew member Clyde D. Flemingwas not aboard the boat on her final
patrol. He transferred off Herring on 20
May 1944, and survived the War. He was serving on USS Louisville (CA-28) when the War ended, and served on numerous other vessels in the Navy until at least 1954. He is not listed in NARA, Navy Casualty, DPAA, ABMC, or on the COMSUBPAC
page. Sources: muster rolls of USS Herring and USS Louisville. He died on 11 March 1993. Origin of discrepancy (84) found in Sub Losses (1946 and 1963), and in Christley.